Jeff Manookian (November 24, 1953 – July 10, 2021) was an American pianist, composer, and conductor from Salt Lake City, Utah.[1][2][3]
Manookian shared 1st prize in the 2017 International Piano Competition of the World Piano Teachers Association.[4] He was a recipient of commissions by the Barlow Endowment of Brigham Young University,[5][6] the Abramyan String Quartet[7] and the National Endowment for the Arts.[8]
Manookian had been Music Director of the Theatre Orchestra of Tucumán (Argentina),[9] Intermountain Classical Orchestra (Salt Lake City, Utah),[10] University of Utah Summer Arts Orchestra,[11] Westminster Chamber Orchestra (Salt Lake City, Utah),[12] and Artistic Director of the Oratorio Society of Utah (USA).[13]
References
edit- ^ Jeff Manookian, Requiem Survey.
- ^ "Salt Lake Symphony Guest Artist: Jeff Manookian". Salt Lake Symphony website. Salt Lake Symphony. Archived from the original on 4 March 2016. Retrieved 20 October 2012.
- ^ "American Conductor Jeff Manookian Has Died, Aged 67". The World's Leading Classical Music News Source. Est 2009. The Violin Channel. 16 July 2021. Retrieved December 3, 2021.
- ^ "9th World Piano Conference (catalog)" (PDF). Retrieved June 21, 2020.
- ^ "1999 Annual Report". Barlow Endowment for Music Composition. Archived from the original on 22 June 2020. Retrieved 21 June 2020.
- ^ "2005 Annual Report". Barlow Endowment for Music Composition. Archived from the original on 21 October 2020. Retrieved 21 June 2020.
- ^ Edward Reichel (April 29, 2001). "Abramyan Quartet to play firsts". Deseret News.
- ^ "Salt Lake Symphony Guest Artist: Jeff Manookian". Salt Lake City Symphony. Archived from the original on 4 March 2016. Retrieved 21 June 2020.
- ^ "Renowned pianist, composer and conductor Jeff Manookian joins the Utah Conservatory faculty". Andy Bernhard. Park Record. 10 June 2020. Retrieved 22 June 2020.
- ^ Edward Reichel (Dec 28, 1997). "Orchestra set to give Gershwin a grand 100th". Deseret News.
- ^ Michael Herman. "American Symphonies: A Discography of CDs and LPs" (PDF). MusicWeb International. p. 93. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2018-01-19. Retrieved 2020-06-22.
- ^ Jo-Ann Wong (May 17, 1992). "WESTMINSTER ORCHESTRA WRAPS UP SEASON SATURDAY". Deseret News.
- ^ Musical America: International directory of the performing arts. United States: Primedia Information. 2004. p. 364. ISBN 9781891131387.